Courgette cake recipe

A nursery favourite with all age groups, there are lots of good things in this dessert that we serve as a teatime treat. There is a portion of fruit/vegetables in the raisins and courgettes and we replace margarine with healthy vegetable oil. Half of the flour is replaced with wholemeal.

It tastes a bit like a carrot cake. Let us know what you think!

Courgette Cake

90g raisins

250g courgettes (2-3)

2 large eggs

125ml vegetable oil

100g unrefined caster sugar

115g white self raising flour

115g wholemeal self raising flour

1/2 tsp bicarbonate of soda

1/2 tsp baking powder

Preheat the oven to 180 deg

Grate the courgettes into a sieve and drain them.

Put the eggs, oil and sugar into a bowl and beat until creamy. Sieve in the flour, bicarbonate of soda and baking powder and beat until well combined. Stir in the grated courgette and add the raisins.